A spreadsheet of the MSLA Information Literacy Benchmarks K-5
“Comprehension Strategies for Reading Historical Fiction Picturebooks” by Suzette Youngs and Frank Serafini in The Reading Teacher, October 2011 (Vol. 65, #2, p. 115-124), http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/TRTR.01014/abstract; the authors can be reached at suzette.youngs@unco.edu and fserafini@mac.com. Making the Most of Historical Fiction Picturebooks
In this article in The Reading Teacher, Suzette Youngs (University of Northern Colorado) and Frank Serafini (Arizona State University) offer suggestions for getting students to read historical fiction picturebooks more thoughtfully.
Here are their essential questions:
Is this story true? How much of it is true?
How can we distinguish fact from fiction?
How do the authors know?
How much of it happened like this?
How can the author’s note help to construct meaning?
What type of historical fiction is this?
How do the illustrations and text work together?
The authors strongly recommend that teachers read books themselves first. Here are their historical fiction picturebooks:
Elementary
2011Possible tools for developing a Toolbox:
Elementary Research Model (Baltimore) - good essential question ideas
Resources
A spreadsheet of the MSLA Information Literacy Benchmarks K-5
“Comprehension Strategies for Reading Historical Fiction Picturebooks” by Suzette Youngs and Frank Serafini in The Reading Teacher, October 2011 (Vol. 65, #2, p. 115-124),
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/TRTR.01014/abstract; the authors can be reached at suzette.youngs@unco.edu and fserafini@mac.com.
Making the Most of Historical Fiction Picturebooks
In this article in The Reading Teacher, Suzette Youngs (University of Northern Colorado) and Frank Serafini (Arizona State University) offer suggestions for getting students to read historical fiction picturebooks more thoughtfully.
Here are their essential questions:
The authors strongly recommend that teachers read books themselves first. Here are their historical fiction picturebooks: